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    <h1>path::get-extension</h1>
    <p> Returns the extension for the specified path string. </p>
    <h3>Usage</h3>
    <code>string path::get-extension(<span class="parameter">path</span>)
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          <td>path</td>
          <td>string</td>
          <td>The path string from which to get the extension.</td>
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    <h3>Return Value</h3> A <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemStringClassTopic.asp">String</a> containing the extension of the specified <i>path</i> (including the "."), or an empty <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemStringClassTopic.asp">String</a> if <i>path</i> does not have extension information. <h3>Exceptions</h3>
            The function will fail in any of the following circumstances:
            <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><ul><li><i>path</i> contains one or more invalid characters.</li></ul></div><h3>Requirements</h3><div style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Assembly:</b> NAnt.Core (0.91.4312.0)
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